The latest in the string of new military concepts coming from China is a hypersonic boost-glide weapon that can launch other ...

If developed into service, such a hypersonic aircraft would give the U.S. Air ... was not real, the model is remarkably ...

The dream of flying at five times the speed of sound still faces huge obstacles, ranging from technical to environmental to ...

The Mach 10 quiet wind tunnel of University of Notre Dame can simulate hypersonic flight at higher speeds and benefit ...

Scale model. Skylon is a British design for an unmanned Single ... One example is the Skylon reusable single-stage-to-orbit ...

This in turn complicates the chemical model that any air-breathing ... US flew a shark-jawed, unmanned aircraft across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean at hypersonic speeds for five minutes.

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The U.S. Navy’s heavy investment in aircraft carriers mirrors the battleship’s declining relevance after World War II. Modern ...